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So much more than a toy: the healing power of wearing the strap
I came out as queer in my thirties, and even though I’d had queer sex before that point, I didn’t discover my relationship with my...
Victoria Brooks
Apr 3, 20245 min read
An Interview with Shahd Mahnavi: on poetry as activism, Palestine and hope
We interviewed Shahd Mahnavi, poet and artist, and recent performer on the t'ARTopia stage. Shahd uses her poetry to campaign for freedom...
Lucie Arnoux
Apr 3, 20247 min read
An Interview with Scarlett Whispers: on the craft of burlesque, glitter hangovers and Cabaret Volt-Air
We have been delighted to welcome the wonderful Scarlett Whispers to our t'ARTopia stage, not once but twice! We spoke to Scarlett about...
Finn Brown
Feb 28, 20246 min read
An Interview with Georgie Mason: on creating from the inside out, sculpture and oysters
Georgie Mason is a multi-disciplinary artist who explores the unconscious mind, inner barriers and healing, often through found objects...
Finn Brown
Feb 28, 20247 min read
The Alternative Book Fair: on accessibility, breaking down barriers & independent publishing
If you have attended the London Book Fair you'll know it's an expensive and overwhelming behemoth. So when we found out that...
Finn Brown
Feb 23, 20246 min read
Wave after wave: reflecting on the role of water in our literature, lifestyles, imagination and experience
I put off writing this article for a long time, afraid that there could be nothing original left to say about waves, water, or why we are...
Lizzie Rose (they/ them)
Feb 6, 20247 min read
Ivy Raff on generational memory, artistic ecosystems and writing her debut poetry chapbook
We interviewed Ivy Raff about her writing process, her journey as a writer and the themes that her new poetry collection delves into.
Finn Brown
Jan 31, 20247 min read
t'ART Reads: January
The t'ART team love to read all sorts of things. From the fantastical to the political, graphic novels to fiction, we are going to be...
Finn Brown
Jan 31, 20242 min read
The Manhattan Club
In the early 1990s I had just emerged from a long-term relationship (my first as, and with, a young gay man) that ended with more of a...
John RC Potter
Dec 22, 20237 min read
My Mother’s Mink Coat and the Afterlife of Things
The eminent art writer, critic, and political commentator Lucy Lippard, exploits the detritus of her life, the inconsequential things...
Cynthia Close
Nov 18, 20238 min read
Bloodbath
The bath is a good temperature today—the blood steamy but not cooked. Also, the color is a rich dark red. To keep in the heat, he closes...
Lorna Wood
Nov 18, 20234 min read
WAR. LOVE. ME
TW: Violence War There is no concept of "war". This word was invented to hide behind, like behind a blanket, to wipe the tears of mothers...
Anna Yovka
Nov 13, 20233 min read
Queeriosities Fair is Back this Winter
Haggerston's Museum of the Home will host the Winter edition of curator Davy Pittoors’s Queeriosities fair on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd...
Finn Brown
Nov 7, 20232 min read
Queering Nature at Kew Gardens
Last weekend I visited Kew Gardens’s ‘Queer Nature’ exhibition. In their famous Temperate House, Kew scientists have added to their usual...
Finn Brown
Oct 27, 20232 min read
Queering Hedonism
One of Gerardo Vizmanos' photographs In a club in Brixton, a bedroom has been deconstructed. Art is balanced on chests of drawers, and a...
Finn Brown
Oct 17, 20232 min read
An Interview with Yuko Kyutoku
Yuko Kyutoku was born in Aichi in Japan, next to mountains and rivers that still influence her work. She has always been fascinated by...
Finn Brown
Oct 6, 20233 min read
An Interview with Troy Cabida
Troy Cabida (he/him) is a Filipino poet, producer, and librarian from south-west London. His recent poems appear in fourteen poems, bath...
Finn Brown
Sep 30, 20234 min read
Stoggaf explores QUEER HEDONISM in London art exhibition
Artwork by Felix Chesher Award winning gay and queer visual artists from London, Berlin and further afield are coming to The Bureau of...
Finn Brown
Sep 29, 20231 min read
Fun Palaces
The accidental idea that’s since engaged 800,000 people! When LGBTQ+ writer, activist, theatre maker (and now existential...
Amie Taylor
Sep 22, 20234 min read
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